Satellite A105-S2716 found in a charity/thrift store needs Restore Discs...

Hello,
    I paid $24 for a Toshiba Satellite A105-S2716 (PSAA0U-01Q002) (Windows XP Home) in a charity/thrift store on Long Island, NY. I did not get any Recovery Media with it. I want/need to restore this machine back to factory because somebody's entire life is on it. I was even able to find and call the previous owner... I wanted to make sure the machine wasn't stolen... it wasn't stolen, but the lady was unhappy to find out that a machine that she thought had been "disposed of" (i.e. smashed with a really big hammer) wound up in a thrift store.
    As of this writing, the machine is not turned on and not in the same room. Does this machine have the ability to create Restore Media? Will the "C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\TOSHIBA Recovery Media Creator\TRMCLcher.exe" trick I read about in another posting, work on this machine?
    Thank you very much for your, time, effort and consideration in this matter.
Regards,
Uncle Billy

Satellite A105-S2716
More here.
I want/need to restore this machine back to factory because somebody's entire life is on it.
You should be able to purchase recovery discs from these third parties.
   Digitalmedia-labs.com
   Recovery-Disks.com
   MyRecoveryCDs.com
   Recovery-CD.com
   RestoreDisks.com
   RestoreCD4u
-Jerry

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I have tried using the f12 or the C key at startup, but every time I try, it boots up to XP on the hard drive.
I assume you can read DVDs from the optical drive using Windows. The problem may be due to a broken BIOS. You might try flashing that.
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Well I have already cleaned the lens of the CD ROM. In fact this is the very first thing I did, it's a DVD-RW in good condition.
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If the BIOS dont provide any options to enable/disable the TPM then its not possible to enable this.
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Please read this very carefully, as I have tried to make this as detailed as possible. I have had this problem before, and when I installed the new BIOS driver, it fixed itself. I am not so lucky this time. Also, please AVOID recommending to use my restore CD, because I know it is possible to fix this problem without it, and the restore CD is the easy/convenient answer on how to fix this.
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OK
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Cannot open, as "TOSHIBA Power Saver" is not running.
In order to run this, Please open "Power Options" in the control panel, then choose "TOSHIBA Power Saver"from the "Power Schemes" list box in the "Power Schemes Page"
OK
I open the power options, and the toshiba power saver scheme is already chosen. I tried applying a different one and switching back, but this did not help.
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Please help! Thanks in advance for everyone's time!

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You are funny and very fast in defending Toshiba, but not giving a solution - the forums are supposed to be for users to help each other and that is why I asked if they did fix it or found a solution - because I DID NOT!
1. I have not fixed it yet - I do not have the time to try it as I spend most of the days (all of them) trying to bring some cash at home, as I am not a employee, but a self-employed.
2. my system works very well - thank you and if Toshiba Power saver gives so many problems it means that it is a 'critical' install on a Windows environment
3. I am not blaming Toshiba for this problem, but I am blaming Toshiba for not doing anything to 'help' to fix it
4. you cannot force a user to re-install at factory settings for several reasons:
a. if you do that you will have a system dated 2004! and I mean you will have to do a re-install (which means loosing all your setting the way you like - that is why one buys portable computer!)
b. re-install XP SP3, re-install all your programs, re-load all your files and folders the way you work with it every day and I work with 20 to 25 files at once and the browser usually opened on about 30/35 tabs and it is not easy to reset it the way I work faster and produce - all hardware drivers, Toshiba updates ...
c. then after you spent a full working day (which I do not have) you may find that the Toshiba Power Utility stopped to work again - for whatever reasons!
Worst of all, one has to do all this 'knowing' their system is in good condition as I am not one of those people that deletes programs instead of un-installing them properly, etc. - I do now how to use a Computer after 25 years working with them I do a defragmentation every week together with a chkdsk (which usually fix most system problems by itself), clean it from Internet muck!
What I do everyday at work is to fix other people problems (software and hardware) and give their computer back as if it was new and perfect order and I do not charge them if they are back or charge a Premium phone call too.
So, my system is fine and if you do not have anything to do but just attack users on this forum, you are in the wrong place - if you have a solution other than re-install, let us know.
We are supposed to help each other here.
Thank you
ADDITION on point 3: instead of forcing customers to reload everything and waste a lot of time, why Toshiba does not create a simple EXE that checks all the settings/drivers/programs are fibe and if they are not fix iy. Like many 'serious' Programs do when you have a problem (usually German Programs or northern Europe in general). A programs repairer without the need to re-install anything!
Sorry for asking the obvious!

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I read every post I could find on every forum(toshiba, windows, microsoft) in regards to this issue and I finally found a fix that works for me.
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Satellite A105-S4014 (PSAA8U-02200U)
I hovered my cursor over the the files in the Local Disk(C/windolws.old/programfiles/synaptics to reveal the File Version of the synaptics driver that was used and then searched the Toshiba support for the download/install.
Good for you!
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DVD drive died - l need to reinstall XP Satellite A105

Hi everyone,
My wife went on vacation to Hawaii, and while she was gone, her Satellite A105 (no longer under warranty with a dead DVD drive) started malfunctioning to the point where XP where freeze on boot.
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So finally I took a USB DVD drive formatted the hard drive with killdisk and tried to use the recovery disc to at least get the unit operational. Problem is the unit will not complete the installation I get the following error:
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>feilks, your grammar and sarcasm are as bad as the design of this laptop
:) you are right about my grammar but notebook design is not so bad.
Maybe my grammar is bad but you understood me very well. Thats make me happy.
So let be serious now.
You have notebook with defective optical disc drive.
You don't have floppy disc drive.
If you want to start OS installation from second partition you must somehow start notebook in DOS mode.
The question is how to do this. Usually you can do this using start disc (FDD) or you can create bootable start CD. The funny thing is: you cannot use any of them.
The whole time you are writing about USB. Ok I can understand what you want. Probably you want to use external USB connected CD/DVD drive. Right?
Idea is not bad but this drive will not be recognized for boot-up. Why? You must load DOS driver for external drive. How to do this? Using floppy? You don't have it.
Can you now understand my joke with gasoline tank?
BTW: sorry for all my intrusive unintelligent remarks. This is my last posting. I will not disturb you anymore. I just thought we can be realistic here.
I will follow this thread. Maybe someone else have better solution.
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No Sound on Satellite A105-S4201

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I installed Windows XP SP3 on my computer a month ago but did not experience any sound problems. I read on one of the posts that it could cause problems with the sound device.
Can anyone offer specific instructions on how I might resolve this issue other than reinstalling the operating system? Or do I need to reinstall the system? I would hate to have to reinstall all my programs and files. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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Tia wrote:
I have looked everywhere for a driver to replace my Missing or Corrupted (code 39) TEAC DW-22-224E-C driver for my Satellite A105 series! I uninstalled and reinstalled the driver, and I have the latest update. It is still not working - i get a code 39. I can put a cd in my internal drive, hear it spin, see the yellow light go on, then the light goes off and it stops spinning. Any suggestions???? If I take it down to a total recovery and it still doesn't fix the driver, I lose all my software application that I have installed - if it deletes it - because I won't be able to use the cd/dvd drive to reinstall anything. I NEED HELP PLEASE! Thank you for anything you can do to get me out of this jam!
Tia
Follow the steps in this Toshiba support bulletin:
CD / DVD drive missing from 'My Computer' (Windows Explorer)
http://kb.toshiba.com/98080671

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I have run several hardware diagnostics on the machine (memtest, hard drive tests, winstress) and nothing comes back bad. I put in a Vista disc for sh**s and giggles and it loads up and installs just fine on the machine.
I have swapped RAM, hdd, and even used an external optical drive all to no avail. I have used acronic universal restore from another clean xp install (it basically strips all hardware information out of the install and windows will reinstall it once you boot up) and the machine is just INCREDIBLY sluggish and has BSOD with the same blue screen or 0x7e.
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Thanks for any response advance!
I tested this lapton again as following:
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a. laptop still power on, screen does not show any image, black, but it is different to the "black" without power.
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Do I need to order the disc of Recovery and Application/Drivers, Satellite A100/A105 Series"?
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Satellite A105 WIN XP does not boot or load...

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The Toshiba/Phoenix screen loads, but does not boot/load XP. It gives a black screen, then sits for a few secs and restarts. it will continue this loop indefinetely as far as I can tell. When this happened, she complained that it has been taking longer for it to boot into XP recently. (Wish she had told me before)
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I would do a complete wipe and start from scratch, but her entire work portfolio is on the HDD and she (foolishly) has not backed it up, at least not recently. Is my best bet to get an outboard drive enclosure and set the jumpers to slave, so I can attempt to recover the data that way?
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First things first. You should rescue the files.
Remove the hard drive and place it in an enclosure accessible from a desktop via USB.
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Satellite A105-S3611 Recovery DVD won't boot - reverts to HDD boot.
My laptop has had a virus but is now clean but has some lingering effects. So I decided to use the Recovery and Applications/Drivers Media to reinstall the system to factory settings. Pressing the "C" key at the Toshiba screen did not work to choose the boot divice but pressing F12 did work. The problem is the system still boots using the hard disk. I've gone into the boot process and changed the order of boot devices to make sure the CD\DVD drive is chosen first but it does not boot from the CD/DVD. It looks like it begins to read the DVD but the boot process is not executed from there.
Questions:
1. Can I install the system using windows explorer to execute the autorun.ini on the CD/DVD?
2. Is there another option for getting the system to install from the CD/DVD?
Thank you in advance
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I read somewhere on the forum that updating the BIOS may solve the problem. So I updated the system BIOS from v1.40 to v2.0. Then I reinserted the newly purchased recovery DVD and the boot process began with the DVD booting but ended with the message "WRONG MACHINE".
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